PAZURU 2014 MOVIE

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В© 2016 вЂњChihayafuruвЂќ Film Partners В© Yuki Suetsugu / KODANSHA LTD.ДЄbout the Fantasia International Film Festival Shinobu stuns Chihaya with her superior kurata skills. В© 2016 вЂњChihayafuruвЂќ Film Partners В© Yuki Suetsugu / KODANSHA LTD.Д¬ast Chihaya Ayase: Suzu Hirose Taichi Mashima: Shuhei Nomura Arata Wataya: Mackenyu Kanade Ooe: Mone Kamishiraishi Yusei Nishida: Yuma Yamoto Tsutomu Komano: Yuki Morinaga Akihito Sudo: Hiroya Shimizu Shinobu Wakamiya: Mayu Matsuoka Taeko Miyauchi: Miyuki Matsuda Hideo Harada: Jun Kunimura Hiro Kinashi: Ryotaro Sakaguchi Chihaya Ayase (Young): Kokoro Kuge Taichi Mashima (Young): Eru Yamada Hajime Wataya: Masane Tsukayama Chihaya`s Sister: Alice Hirose Staff Director & Screenplay: Nori Koizumi Original Story: Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu (published in Kodansha`s BE?LOVE magazine) Planning and Production: Naoaki Kitajima General Producer: Seiji Okuda Executive Producers: Daisuke Kadoya, Oyahiro Ando Line Producer: Yuji Saito Cinematographer: Hiroo Yanagida VFX Producer: Satoshi Akabane Music: Masaru Yokoyama Theme Song: 'FLASH' by Perfume Theme Song Writer: Yasutaka Nakata (CAPSULE), courtesy of Universal Music Production: вЂњChihayafuruвЂќ Film Partners (Nippon Television Network, Toho, Kodansha, ROBOT, Yomiuri Telecasting, Dentsu, East Japan Marketing & Communications, KDDI, GYAO!, STV, MMT, SDT, CTV, HTV, FBS, FBC) Production: ROBOT Distributor: Toho Planning, World Sales: Nippon Television В© 2016 вЂњChihayafuruвЂќ Film Partners В© Yuki Suetsugu / KODANSHA LTD. Both films are now being offered to foreign distributors by Nippon Television.ДЄrata and Taichi struggle with their feelings for Chihaya. Toho released CHIHAYAFURU Part.1 in Japan this past March, with Part.2 following in April. Arata Wataya is played by Mackenyu, the American-born son of action legend Sonny Chiba. Taichi Mashima is played by the popular Shuhei Nomura from HIBI ROCK: PUKE AFRO AND THE POP STAR (?, Hibi Rokku, 2014), PUZZLE (?, Pazuru, 2014) and FLYING COLORS (?, Biri Gyaru, 2015). She will next be seen in another manga adaptation, YOUR LIE IN APRIL (?, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, 2016). Hirose has recently become one the most sought-after teen actresses in Japan thanks to her performances in the hit films OUR LITTLE SISTER (?diary, Umimachi Diary, 2015) and THE BOY AND THE BEAST (?, Bakemono no Ko, 2015). Suzu Hirose has her first lead film role as the heroine, Chihaya Ayase.

Soon, she and her friends are pouring their passion, love and dreams into competitive karuta.

Seeing karuta as a link to her long-lost grade school friends Taichi and Arata, Chihaya forms a club at her high school. CHIHAYAFURU tells the story of Chihaya Ayase, a teenager who is obsessed with 'competitive karuta', a game using traditional Japanese playing cards featuring classic Japanese poems called 'waka'. Directed by Nori Koizumi (THE LIAR AND HIS LOVER), the two live-action movies are based on the award-winning manga Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu, which has sold more than 16 million copies.

PAZURU 2014 MOVIE

North American Premiere Live-Action Manga Adaptation Source: Toho, Nippon Television Network, Fantasia Festival Official Movie Site: (Japan) Special Thanks to Kaila Hier and Emmanuelle DiBuono On July 23-24, the 2016 Fantasia International Film Festival hosted the North American premieres of CHIHAYAFURU Part.1 / Part.2. В© 2016 вЂњChihayafuruвЂќ Film Partners В© Yuki Suetsugu / KODANSHA LTD. The two films had the North American premieres at the 2016 Fantasia Festival. Japanese poster art for CHIHAYAFURU Part.1 and Part.2.

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